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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
You say I will take the tunnel? I want to avoid the 36th st, Mcknight tr, barlow tr, they are all fata'd up whenever I do travel in there. I want to take Deerfoot to Airport Tr, so I don't need to travel the tunnel. And isnt it less expensive to just bulk up some lanes on CH Blvd?
Personally IMO, Calgary does not have enough water to support 1.5 to 2 Million people, we can't get that big. But thats a whole other discussion.
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For those in the deep south, the quickest way to get the airport in the future would be to take Stoney Trail on the east side, to airport trail - especially when there is bad traffic on Deerfoot.
It won't be cheaper to just lanes on CHB, since you would have to build interchanges in the future to handle all of the traffic. Remember that CHB will eventually have quite a few traffic lights, it's not intended to be an expressway.
It isn't just about the 3km extra it would currently take to drive up to CHB then back down on Barlow. There won't be enough capacity on those roads in the future to handle all of the extra traffic there would be. So, in the future, it would only be an additional 3 km, but it could be a mighty slow 3 km to drive.
After April 3, and before the tunnel opens, people better pray hard that there isn't a major delay on Deerfoot on the day they are trying to catch a flight. My estimate is that a shutdown of Deerfoot could add well over an hour to everybody's travel time coming from the south. There simply an alternative that won't become gridlock when diverted traffic is added. East of Deerfoot, there is 36th street and Stoney Trail. 36th street is one lane each way, plus getting there will require driving through backed up roads. Getting to Stoney could be a problem too. West of Deerfoot, there is umm, Harvest Hills Blvd, and then CHB back to Deerfoot. That would be a nightmare too.